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Londonderry Select Board agenda for May 18
The Select Board for the Town of Londonderry will meet via Zoom at 6 p.m. Monday, May 18. To attend the meeting remotely: Via web: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88436252423 (Meeting ID: 884 3625 2423); Via telephone: (929) 205-6099 (Meeting ID: 884 3625 2423); It is strongly recommended that potential participants familiarize themselves with Zoom software (https://zoom.us/) prior to […]
Chester Select Board agenda for May 20
The Chester Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 20 via Zoom. To observe or join in: https://zoom.us/join; Meeting ID: 829 4001 5210 and Password: 753782 or simply click here. Below is its agenda. 1. Approve Minutes from the May 6, 2020 Selectboard Meeting and May 8, 2020 Selectboard […]
Statewide, Covid-19 cases hit 932; Scott expected to announce hotel/motel plan today
©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Vermont Department of Health confirmed three new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday, with one of those cases in Windsor County, bringing the state total to 932, an increase of 14 cases in the last week. Fifty-three people have died from the disease, but no new deaths have been reported this […]
Bromley site of food distribution on May 19
From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, May 19, the Vermont Foodbank and the Vermont National Guard, with the assistance of several corporations, will be distributing food boxes at the Bromley Mountain parking lot on Route 11 in Peru. This is part of a food distribution effort that will occur in the state in […]
Asymptomatic Vermonters can get Covid-19 test
Vermont state health officials have announced that Vermonters who do not have symptoms of Covid-19 can be tested for the virus at one of the pop-up testing sites around the state. Eleven sites are currently scheduled to collect specimens from asymptomatic Vermonters, health-care workers, first responders (EMS, fire, and law enforcement), child-care providers currently serving […]
Hance seeks savings in Chester budget
By Shawn Cunningham © 2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC In a review of Chester’s financial picture, Town Manager Julie Hance told the Select Board that the town is holding off spending as much as possible so that it would not have to draw on its tax anticipation note or TAN. The note is like a line […]
Beattie: Food shortages, large gatherings of concern in Derry
By Bruce Frauman ©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC Londonderry Emergency Management Director Kevin Beattie updated the Select Board via Zoom on Monday, May 4 about Covid-19 conditions in the state and the local response, opening a meeting that lasted more than 2½ hours. Beattie said his biggest concern is that people are getting short of money […]
Telegraph receives Facebook News Relief Fund grant
By Shawn Cunningham © 2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC On Thursday morning the Facebook Journalism Project announced The Chester Telegraph is among the 144 recipients of its Covid-19 Local News Relief Fund grants. The grant program, according to the FJP website, was established “to provide support for US local news organizations serving a critical role for […]
Andover Select Board agenda for May 11, 2020
The Andover Select Board will hold its regular meeting via Zoom at 6:30 p.m. on Monday May 11, 2020. You may attend the meeting via Zoom at : https://zoom.us/join The meeting ID is 811-1769-5540 and the password is 373044 To call in dial 1 929 436 2866. Below is the agenda 1. Call Select Board […]
Scott: Mask compliance through education, not mandate Visitors still must self-isolate for 14 days
By Shawn Cunningham © 2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC While Gov. Phil Scott often says that his administration’s Covid-19 related decisions are “data driven and based on the best science,” when it comes to compliance with its public health directives (including the use of masks and the self-quarantining of people coming from out of state) it […]
Chester Development Review Board hearing for May 11
The Chester Development Review Board will meet by a Zoom conference at 6 p.m. on Monday, May 11, Town of Chester, preceded by a site visit at 5:15 p.m. at 31 Palmer Road at Route 103 North. Zoom information will be posted on the Chester website homepage as the time nears. Below is its agenda. […]
Weston Board to seek bridge loan; to seek electric speed signs for Route 100
By Bruce Frauman ©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC Town Clerk/Treasurer Kim Seymour told the Weston Select Board at its Tuesday, April 28 meeting on Zoom that the town needs to borrow $632,500 through a Tax Anticipation Note, with $119,000 coming from a town special fund. The loan would be a “bridge loan” to cover town expenses, […]
SDRC offers emergency loans to area businesses
Springfield Regional Development Corp. has announced that it has received authorization to utilize a portion of the Springfield Area Revolving Loan Fund to assist businesses that are impacted by COVID-19. SRDC has designated $173,000 of the RLF’s lending base for use in emergency loans to businesses. These funds are intended for use as gap financing […]
Andover launches stay-at-home art project
What will Andover residents remember about the Covid-19 emergency over 50 years from now? Will they remember it? Let’s have Andover’s children send a message to the future through artwork and writing. The submissions will be kept rolled up in a tube in the town vault to be opened at Andover’s Tricentennial in 2076. This […]
Long lines, little waiting as Guard gives out MREs at Hartness Airport
By Kelly Burton ©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC With traffic by 9:30 last Wednesday morning snaking out onto Route 106, the Vermont National Guard’s distribution of boxes of Meals Ready to Eat was in full swing at Hartness State Airport in North Springfield. This is the site of the third distribution by the Vermont National Guard […]
Chester Select Board agenda for May 6
The Chester Select Board will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 6, via Zoom. To join the meeting: https://zoom.us/join Meeting ID: 932 138 291 or https://zoom.us/j/932138291. Below is its agenda. 1. Approve Minutes from the April 15, 2020 Selectboard Meeting 2. Citizen Comments/Answers from Previous Meeting 3. Old Business/Last Meeting 4. COVID-19 UPDATE 5. Request […]
Derry Town Office opens pickup window Service covers Transfer Station, dog license fees
The Londonderry Town Office, 100 Old School St. in South Londonderry, has started pickup service for Transfer Station stickers and punch cards as well as dog licenses. The window is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday. Transfer Station fees Residential Stickers […]
Say Ahh? Patients, docs see place for telemedicine
By Christian Avard ©2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC Since the coronavirus outbreak, doctors and patients are adapting to new ways of meeting, diagnosing and treating illnesses that don’t pose the potential health risks to their patients and themselves of in-person visits. Telemedicine for many is becoming the go-to method for conducting patient visits during the pandemic. […]
Police seek help to ID check-fraud suspect
© 2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Vermont State Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a woman who attempted to cash a fraudulent check at People’s Bank in Londonderry on Monday. According to a VSP press release, at around 3 p.m. Monday a woman in her 60s had walked up to the drive-though […]
State relying on ‘education’ for worker compliance to ‘restart’ directives
By Shawn Cunningham © 2020 Telegraph Publishing LLC Noting that social distancing and the wearing of face masks are “here to stay,” Vermont’s Health Commissioner, Dr. Mark Levine, said that people could expect them to be “part of the Vermont scene even as we reopen Vermont.” At the state’s regular Covid-19 press conference on Monday, […]
